A group of five Hellenistic sheet gold appliqués and adornments

A group of five Hellenistic sheet gold appliqués and adornments

Code: 1934

£285.00
Description: A group of five sheet gold appliqués and adornments, probably used to decorate garments or shrouds, four perforated for attachment. All are plain examples lacking decoration but with some creasing and small tears and some with patchy reddish-brown encrustation.

Size: Between 37-88 mm/1.4-3.5 ins. in length

Culture: Hellenistic

Date: c. 4th Century B.C.

Provenance: Previously in a private collection formed from the 1950s to the mid 1970s.

Presented in a glass-topped box.